U.S. trade deficit rose again in February, advanced report shows

An early look at U.S. trade patterns in February suggest a small increase in the nation’s trade deficit. The trade gap in goods — services are excluded — rose 1% to a seasonally adjusted $62.9 billion, the government said Monday.

The government will release overall trade numbers for February next week, but the size of the trade deficit is generally tied to changes in the movement of goods such as cars, computers, refined oil, heavy machinery and aircraft. Trade patterns involving services rarely change much from month to month.

For January, the government previously reported that the total U.S. trade deficit rose 2.2% to $45.7 billion.

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